PM Narendra Modi to visit RSS founder's memorial in Nagpur on March 30

The memorials of Hedgewar and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh's second Sarsanghchalak M S Golwalkar are located at the Dr Hedgewar Smruti Mandir in Nagpur's Reshimbagh area.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

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Nagpur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) headquarters in Nagpur to meet sangh chief Dr Mohan Bhagwat and pay tributes to its founder Dr Keshav Baliram Hedgewar on 30^th March, the first day of the Hindu calendar, Maharashtra BJP President Chandrashekhar Bawankule said on Thursday.

This is the first time a sitting PM is visiting the sangh headquarters at Nagpur’s Reshimbagh, where Modi will lay the foundation stone of the extension building of a hospital. 

PM's visit coincides with the preparations of the RSS centenary year celebrations, which begin on Vijayadashmi this October. 

In Nagpur, Modi is also scheduled to visit Deekshabhoomi, where Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar embraced Buddhism along with thousands of his followers in 1956.

BJP, ideologically mentored by the RSS, is currently in the process of holding organisational elections from the district to the national level.

JP Nadda, the incumbent President, was inducted into the union cabinet by PM Modi in June 2024. He’s been on extension since, holding dual responsibilities. 

Modi’s visit to Nagpur comes close on the heels of the Bengaluru meeting of the RSS Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha, the highest decision-making and policy formulation body of the saffron outfit, which passed a resolution expressing concerns over "Hindu persecution in Bangladesh."